''Ridi pagliaccio'' is a double studio album by Italian singer Mina, released on 20 October 1988 by PDU and distributed by

EMI Italiana EMI Italiana was a record label, it was an Italian offshoot of British Electric and Musical Industries, based in Milan. It was founded in 1931 as VCM and, in 1967 it was renamed EMI Italiana followed by EMI Music Italy in 1997 and, finally, EMI ...

Overview

With this album, the singer celebrated the thirtieth anniversary of her creative activity. The album was released as a double on vinyl, cassette and CD in two volumes as usual. Separately it was distributed only on cassettes. The album debuted at number five on the Italian albums chart. In its third week, it peaked at number two. The album spent fifteen weeks in the top ten, and nineteen weeks in total on the chart. On the pan-European ''

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chart, the album rose to the fifty-first position. The cover art was created by Mauro Baletti. In 2018, especially for Vogue magazine, the most vivid images of Mina were recreated, including the cover of the album Ridi pagliaccio. The model was

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Track listing

Personnel

* Mina – vocals, backing vocals * Massimo Moriconi – arrangement, double bass *

Massimiliano Pani Massimiliano Pani is an Italian songwriter, producer and composer born on 18 April 1963 in Milan to parents Corrado Pani and Mina. Corrado Pani was married at the time and due to Mina's refusal to hide the relationship, the singer was banned from ...

– arrangement, backing vocals, guitar, programming, keyboards * Franco Serafini – arrangement, drums * Mario Robbiani – arrangement, strings * Ellade Bandini – drums * Paolo Gianolio – guitar *

Renato Sellani Renato Sellani (8 January 1926 – 31 October 2014) was an Italian jazz pianist and composer. Life and career Born in Senigallia, Sellani started his professional career in 1954, when he entered the Basso-Valdambrini Quintet. In 1958 he started ...

– piano * Flaviano Cuffari – drums * Angel "Pato" Garcia – guitar * Walter Scebran – drums * Giovanni Tommaso – bass guitar * Alessandro Gallo – guitar * Claudio Wally Allifranchini – saxophone, flute *

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– harp *

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– backing vocals * Samuele Cerri – backing vocals * Simonetta Giribone – backing vocals * Moreno Ferrara – backing vocals

Charts

References

External links

* {{Authority control 1988 albums Mina (Italian singer) albums EMI Italiana albums